Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 1:04:39 pm
The latest wingnut outrageous outrage revolves around President Obama's use of the phrase "bumps in the road," while speaking about the road to democracy and peace in the Middle East and the Arab Spring during an interview on 60 Minutes last night. "I think it was absolutely the right thing ...

Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:03:20 pm
The new Pew Research survey is really terrific news for Barack Obama. For Mitt Romney, not so much: Obama Ahead With Stronger Support, Better Image and Lead on Most Issues. Check out these numbers! At this stage in the campaign, Barack Obama is in a strong position compared with past victorious ...

Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:46:38 am
Paul Ryan helpfully explains that the reason why he and Mitt Romney won't reveal any details of their tax reform plan is because hiding their plan is the only way to "get it done." During an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody, Ryan said Romney is following Ronald Reagan's ...

Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:35:16 am
On the one hand, Romney campaign sources are telling Buzzfeed that they're refocusing on the God and guns crowd: This shifting campaign calculus has produced a split in Romney's message. His talk show interviews and big ad buys continue to offer a straightforward economic focus aimed at traditional undecided voters. ...

Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 1:00:41 pm
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Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 7:23:30 pm
At today's Values Voter Summit, the annual gathering of the lunatic religious right (featuring this year a speech by GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan), phony "ex-terrorist" Kamal Saleem says Hillary Clinton is conspiring to shut down America's churches and synagogues.

Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:28:11 pm
Right Wing Watch takes a look at this weekend's Values Voter Summit, the annual meeting of some of the right wing's craziest elements -- Birthers, bigots, homophobes, conspiracy theorists, Dominionists, and a host of miscellaneous fundamentalist fanatics: Who's Who at the Values Voter Summit 2012. Tony Perkins Tony Perkins is president ...

Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 6:35:11 pm
The Democratic Convention opens tomorrow, and here's the most recent schedule of locations, speakers, and events: 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. Morning Prayer Gathering (Room 211AB/212AB). 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Caucus Session 1. Women's Caucus (Ballroom ABCD). 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. R+D and America's Energy Outlook. Moderator: Amy Harder, Energy ...

Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:01:52 am
The news sites are buzzing today about the incredibly brazen lies in Paul Ryan's speech last night: The Most Dishonest Convention Speech ... Ever? In an era when the Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Fox News, and a constantly screaming wingnut noise machine have utterly degraded the base and conditioned ...

Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 6:49:03 pm
As Condoleezza Rice warms up in the green room, and Paul Ryan sits alone in a darkened room reading Atlas Shrugged for the 197th time, here's our second Republican Convention thread of the evening, fourth of the debacle. Looks like Mike Huckabee isn't going mention Todd Akin in his self-serving speech, ...

Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 3:47:29 pm
There's a good chance Ron Paul's followers will do something crazy tonight, and an even better chance that Rand Paul will say something crazy. Also on the bill: anti-choice fanatic Mike Huckabee followed by pro-choice "moderate Republican" Condoleezza Rice. So that should be good for a little cognitive whiplash. Here's the ...

Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:40:13 pm
As the Ron Paul supporters hoot in the bleachers and the talking heads talk, here's an open thread as Romney's delegate count approaches the 1,144 needed for this charade to be over.

Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 1:28:09 pm
Here's Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan in an interview last week with a horrifyingly calloused comment about rape victims, explaining why he would force women to bear the children of rapists -- because "the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life." YouTube Video A transcript: Interviewer: Abortion now... something ...

Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 6:26:02 pm
I can add nothing to Nancy Pelosi's astute assessment of the situation: What the congressman from Missouri has done, though, she says, has shown that’s not the case – and made him “the doggie doo on the shoe of his party, the tattoo on Paul Ryan that they won’t be ...

Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:09:09 pm
GOP officials are trying their hardest to contain the fallout from the reprehensible comments made by Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, who is seeking a US Senate seat in a race against Claire McCaskill. Even Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his vice president nominee Paul Ryan called on Akin to quit ...

Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:19:31 pm
GOP strategist Mark McKinnon was on MSNBC earlier, pretending he's just waking up to the Republican Party's war on women. “It’s very tough for people like me who are pro-choice Republicans. It’s admittedly not a large caucus. But when I have to see a story like Todd Akin, and then ...

Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:10:18 am
Mitt Romney's running mate Paul Ryan, one of the most extreme anti-choice fanatics in Congress, is desperately trying to put some distance between himself and Missouri caveman Todd Akin. But just look at the questions he refuses to answer directly, and read between the lines, and it's pretty obvious that even ...

Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:32:31 pm
Tonight on Twitter, Todd Akin followed a well-worn right wing path and blamed everything on "the liberal media." I apologized but the liberal media is trying to make me drop out. Please stand w/ me tonight by signing my petition at akin.org/still-standing — Todd Akin (@ToddAkin) August 22, 2012 He does have ...

Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:15:46 pm
The Republican Party is in full retreat; the Associated Press just issued this breaking news alert: Breaking (4:06PM EDT): Mitt Romney says Republican candidate Todd Akin should exit Senate race in Mo. This is pure political fear. The word is getting out that Todd Akin's caveman views are nearly identical ...

Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:02:17 am
Mitt Romney sticks his finger in the wind, triangulates the necessary political coordinates, and issues a statement. “Congressman’s Akin comments on rape are insulting, inexcusable, and, frankly, wrong,” Romney said. “Like millions of other Americans, we found them to be offensive.” But Romney has a problem. His running mate Paul ...

Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 2:47:21 pm
Romney and Ryan are lying about Obama's Medicare plan, but naturally, in this campaign of the Big Lie, they're just going to keep doing it even after being debunked by multiple sources: Ryan Stands by $716 Billion Medicare Criticism. Would you buy a used car from this man?"I heard Mitt ...

Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:49:54 pm
Roger Ebert: A great many Americans no longer believe in the separation of Church and State, and indeed deny it is a principle found in the Constitution. Yet the wording of the First Amendment is quite clear, and its importance to the founders is underlined by its being first. Certainly ...

Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 2:21:16 pm
No other way to say it: when Paul Ryan was asked on a radio show whether he ever sought or accepted money for Wisconsin from the Obama stimulus program, he flat-out lied. BOSTON (CBS/AP) – Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan denied requesting stimulus money for his home state ...

Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 6:12:30 pm
The president of the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage wasted no time capitalizing on the Family Research Council shooting incident, attempting to make it illegitimate to refer to groups like his as "hate groups:" Shooting Spurs Heated Debate on Gay Rights, 'Hate Group' Label. Brian Brown, the president of NOM, ...

Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:06:37 am
One of the amazing things about the rise of the far right (and not in a good way) has been the concomitant rise of conspiracy peddler Alex Jones, and today an elected United States Senator, Rand Paul, revealed that he's a reader of the twisted dishonest rubbish Jones disseminates: Senator ...